Howard Axelrod

Writer

Perhaps never has a graduating class, or the country for that matter, been more in need of context, of a way of making sense of the past, the present and the future.

we need to take responsibility for searching out and giving our attention to true moral leaders.

CEOs Have No Business Being Commencement Speakers

Facebook creator and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, pictured here in 2015, will be the commencement speaker at Harvard University's May 25, 2017 graduation ceremony. Howard Axelrod explains why this is a poor choice. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/ AP)